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TART Challenge - Round 5 - Fast Like Molasses (7)
Ok, I just snooped through the other threads to verify...there are 4 teams (including us) that have received every new task at the earliest time it's been available, so assuming we all do the same for the current and next task, we will be tied going into the final task, which we will get on Tuesday. We'll have until Midnight EDT Wednesday (end of Wednesday, not beginning) to finish, and potentially read any extra books we might fit in. I'm totally shocked that we've made it to this point in the lead...not bad for a no pressure/just do what you can kind of team! 😃
The pressure is on, we're so close yet seemingly so far
MountainKat wrote: "Chan wrote: "#26 | 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope| Book 1Team chose friends to lovers
#26 | 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope| Book 2
Team chose friends to lover..."
Hey Kat. that's the book that's there...I think. Although the last couple of days, i've been having issues. GR is trying to force me to use the new beta page and it's causing some glitches.
Karen, Tink or Courtney, can you click on the link and let me know what page count you see please.
Chan, the page count I'm seeing on the version from your link is 285.
I didn't see any editions with 265 pages...
Ohhhh....i have the correct book, i accidentally typed a 6 instead of a 8. Thanks, Karen. I was overlooking that.
Chan wrote: "Ohhhh....i have the correct book, i accidentally typed a 6 instead of a 8. Thanks, Karen. I was overlooking that."I figured it must have been something like that. 😃
Completion Post - Task #2783. Read 8 books with a white flower/s on the cover.
Forever a Bridesmaid
Pages: 217
Completed: 6/5
How it Qualifies: White flowers in the bouquet
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review:
This was a cute, little read. Some other reviews said it was like a Hallmark movie with sex, and I think that is a pretty accurate description. I liked the story, even though it does get a bit cheesy. There's nothing too memorable about it, though. Just a light, uncomplicated love story. Good if you need something quick and easy to pass the time.
~KarenH~ wrote: "Ok, I just snooped through the other threads to verify...there are 4 teams (including us) that have received every new task at the earliest time it's been available, so assuming we all do the same ..."I can't believe we've been so quick this time! Thanks everyone for picking up extra books when I've only been able to do one!
The time changes kinda mess with me, so does this mean we'll have one more regular task today, and then the one after that will be the final task for Monday? It's Sunday afternoon here, so I think it's Saturday night over there.
I think the time difference messes with most people! Just so we all have the timing clear...we will receive our next task 12(ish) hours from now, depending on Kat's schedule of course, but around then. Assuming we finish on time like we have been all along, we will get our final task approximately 48 hours later...same time of day, 2 days later. We will then have until Midnight Wednesday EDT to finish (something like 36-40 hours later, depending on exact timing)...and if I used the time zone converter correctly, that will be Noon on Thursday for Courtney and 5 AM Thursday for Tink.
It was driving me crazy trying to figure it all out, so once I had it completely clear in my mind (at least I hope it is), I figured I'd make life easier and share! 😁
Here is your next task!Task 28 - 81. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the cover.
Books selected for this task need to have a dog or dogs on the cover. Other canines such as wolves or coyotes will not work for this task. You can use any edition’s cover to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts.
I'm going to be reading
. I'm going to go ahead and read the last book in the series
right after, just to finish off the series. If we need it for the page count, I'll include it...if not, I won't, but it will give all of you some leeway if you want to read a shorter book. First books is 416 pages and second is 399, so 815 for the two combined.
Thanks for reading extra pages, Karen. I've been listening to How to Howl at the Moon. We're driving back from TN today...well I'm driving, so i can't look at page count, but wanted to let you know what I'm listening to while we are taking a potty and gas fill up break. It's about 6 hours listening time.
I'll check in again when I'm home.
That's 323 pages CHan.I've started
which is only 165 but will try and read another one. Things are a bit mad here and it couldn't be a worse time for the end of the challenge 😞
Tink Magoo is bad at reviews wrote: "That's 323 pages CHan.I've started
which is only 165 but will try and read another one. Things are a bit mad here and it couldn't be a worse time for the end ..."Don't worry about reading a second book, Tink. I'm reading my second one regardless of whether it's needed or not, just to finish off the series. No sense in you struggling to get a second book in when RL isn't cooperating! And that would leave Courtney only needing 200 pages (or just shy of that), which shouldn't be too hard.
Cover challenges are so hard! I'm still looking 🔭
Courtney wrote: "Cover challenges are so hard! I'm still looking 🔭"You need to find the one from last round that you thought had white flowers on it, but it turned out to be a dog! 🤣🤣🤣
I know! I can't remember what the name of it was. 🤣 Something with "Duke", which does not narrow it down!
But I just found a series, and every single cover has a dog. woot woot!
I'm going to do
. The only page number listed is for the paperback (300), but on Amazon it has 200. Either should be fine, right?815+323+165+200=1503
Yes, that works, and I'll go ahead and add the page count to the Kindle edition so you won't need to do the extra link.
Tink Magoo is bad at reviews wrote: "That's 323 pages CHan.I've started
which is only 165 but will try and read another one. Things are a bit mad here and it couldn't be a worse time for the end ..."Thanks for checking, Tink. I thought with it being under 6 hours of listening time that it would be around 200 pages or so. I was going to look for a 2nd book, but it seems we are all squared away.
#28 | 81. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the coverBook: How to Howl at the Moon
Pages: 323
Qualifies: black dog on the cover
Rating: 🐕🐕🐕🐕
Completed: June 5, 2022
Courtney wrote: "815+323+165+200=1503"whew...we just made the page count. I don't think we've ever been that close before. But it's more than 1500 pages and that's what matters 😁
We rented a cabin in TN on the river for a week. the river was so close...more than 5 steps from the deck and we would be in the water. Underneath the deck, was a little slab of concrete with a swing chair, hammock, etc. I was down there swinging, enjoying the sound of the river and i see off in the distance two ducks flying. They were beautiful. Nice bright colors. They kept getting closer and closer. I was thinking, there's no way they are aiming for me. That's something you would read about in a book.
They were aimed right at me. I had to bob and weave. I needed some of Courtney's kindle lessons lol.
They landed not even a foot away from me and began waddling closer. I became that crazy lady, yelling and talking to the ducks. I didn't have food or even a drink. I have no idea what made them fly to me.
Sounds wonderful, Chan! And those ducks have probably gotten a lot of handouts from people sitting right where your were, and were just hoping for more!
~KarenH~ wrote: "Sounds wonderful, Chan! And those ducks have probably gotten a lot of handouts from people sitting right where your were, and were just hoping for more!"I didn't even think about that. You're probably right, Karen. I was yelling and they were quacking. Probably asking 'where's the food, you nut."
Is anybody else being forced to use the beta page?I have a few glitches. The glitch that is aggravating me the most is the beta page isn't showing that I've read a book. It doesn't happen for every book, but I've caught a few. If I'm not on the exact book that I shelved as 'read', the beta page looks like it's a book i don't have shelved at all. I have to go to the exact edition and sometimes it will show as read and sometimes it won't. Being able to see my review is hit or miss too.
I haven't been forced into it yet, just have a banner across the top allowing me to try it. I've looked at it a time or two, but haven't spent much time there because I found it annoying. I've had an issue with my bookshelves that may be related to what you're seeing. Not the same thing, but similar. A few times I've searched my shelves for a specific book, and it will come up saying I don't have the book on my shelves, then below when it gives you options that you might want to add, there's the book I was looking for, and marked as read (or whatever shelf it's on). GR's search has always been wonky.
that does sound similar, but for me, it only happens when I'm in the beta site. Before I would have to click on Beta in order to see the new webpage, but now the beta page is my default. I have to click to get out of it and it doesn't always take me out right away. ugh frustrating.
Yeah, what I'm talking about happens when I'm looking at my shelves and searching a book there, so not sure how it could be related to the beta pages. Although, it seems to be a relatively new thing, I don't remember it happening before maybe a year ago, if that. Could be something internal that is connected to the changes, I guess.
Task 28 - 81. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the cover. Book 1
Survive the NightPages: 416
Qualifies: Dog on cover above
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: June 5, 2022
Book 2
Through the FirePages: 399
Qualifies: Dog on cover above
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: June 6, 2022
Chan wrote: "They were aimed right at me. I had to bob and weave. I needed some of Courtney's kindle lessons lol.They landed not even a foot away from me and began waddling closer. I became that crazy lady, yelling and talking to the ducks. I didn't have food or even a drink. I have no idea what made them fly to me."
🤣🤣
We have a similar problem with squirrels in the park by our house. For some reason, so many people feed them, so they come real close to everyone looking for food. One crawled up my baby's stroller the other day! Luckily, I was holding him at the time, so he wasn't in it, but it was freaking crazy!
They forced me onto the Beta page when they first had it last year and I freaking hated it. I think I wrote them like 10 email about how awful it was. There was an option before to turn it off. Have they taken that away?
Task 28 - 81. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the cover.Book: Her Naughty Dog
Pages: 165
Qualifies: has a dog on the cover
Rating: 2 stars
Completed: 6th June
Courtney wrote: "Chan wrote: "They were aimed right at me. I had to bob and weave. I needed some of Courtney's kindle lessons lol.They landed not even a foot away from me and began waddling closer. I became that ..."
Climbed up your baby stroller? yikes. Yeah. these animals are desensitized and it's our fault.
When I was in high school, you know...like 2 years ago lol....there was a girl leaning against this big tree in the courtyard taking a photo. A squirrel scurried up her body to climb the tree. I think she had one shallow scratch on her leg. the skin barely broken; no blood. But I steered clear of trees for a while after i saw that lol
Completion Post - Task #2881. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the cover.
Toying
Pages: 200
Completed: 6/6
How it Qualifies: Dog on cover
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review:
Some of this I really liked...even though it was a little insta-lovey and pretty cheeseball...but some was just a bit too much. I thought Caleb was great, and Sloane was good except for her kind of overdone insecurities. Being afraid of being around photoshoot sets and other models because she used to be a child model and her career ended because ONE photographer said she wasn't cute anymore?
I didn't mind Caleb's thunderbolt love at first sight, but I wish there had been a bit more relationship building after it.
Courtney wrote: "They forced me onto the Beta page when they first had it last year and I freaking hated it. I think I wrote them like 10 email about how awful it was. There was an option before to turn it off. Hav..."Really? They didn't force me when it first came out. They gave me the option with the banner that Karen referred to. I used it on and off and gave some feedback. They did figure out how to give us access to all of the tags. However, I think they have people who don't use GR creating it. Kat and Jane would have to rethink some challenge rules if we all had to use it.
Now, the Beta page is my default page. At the bottom right, the link is still there to leave the beta page, but it sometimes takes a couple of tries for it to work. I sometimes give up, not usually a problem, but it can be with challenges. Especially when you are looking for the first edition Kindle book. The link to all editions takes a few clicks to get to.
Ok, I've updated my post with my 2nd book and posted in the Q&A thread. Courtney, when you have a minute could you add my 2nd book page count (399) to your current task post so it actually shows that we read over 1500 pages? Not a big deal, Kat goes by our actual completion posts, it just looks incomplete the way it is. Thanks!
Chan wrote: "Courtney wrote: "They forced me onto the Beta page when they first had it last year and I freaking hated it. I think I wrote them like 10 email about how awful it was. There was an option before to..."I think I was in the first group to try the Beta. I'm not sure why. But I remember that I had it before it was an option for everyone because most people didn't know what I was talking about 🤣. I have the banner now, but mine still always loads as the old version by default.
Courtney wrote: "Done! 👍"Thanks! 😃
Courtney wrote: "I think I was in the first group to try the Beta. I'm not sure why. But I remember that I had it before it was an option for everyone because most people didn't know what I was talking about 🤣. I have the banner now, but mine still always loads as the old version by default."Yeah, I remember when that happened...you were so frustrated and I wanted to see it, but they wouldn't let any but the unlucky few see it at that time. I think by the time I was able to actually see it they'd changed some of the things that were bad about it, but certainly not all of them!
oh yeah. I forgot about that. I posted the link for you during one of the challenges, but it wouldn't work and we realized that it wasn't for everyone yet. I wonder what they are going to do with this thing and if there is a way for it not to be my default page. It does has a sleeker look, but the placement of things that I use often are in weird places.
I will be back in the morning with your last task. 😊
aww... the last one???I'm kind of sad it's ending so quickly. I was having fun.
Chan wrote: "aww... the last one???I'm kind of sad it's ending so quickly. I was having fun."
Yeah, this is always a fun one, and sad to see it end.
I feel like it went so much faster this time 😭. This is my favorite challenge, so maybe I just look forward to it the most. I've been skipping bachelor the last two times because I felt like I might not be able to keep up, but I did all right with this one, so I might have to try it again.
Here is your last task! Last Task. Read books with a 5 in the first edition Kindle page count. No pass for this task.
Since this is Round 5 of The Amazing Race Team Challenge, books selected for this last task need to have a 5 in the first edition Kindle page count. Remember if there are multiple English language editions with the initial publication date or earliest Kindle publication date, you are free to use any of those edition’s page count.
Remember completion posts with errors or missing elements will not count towards your team total or the completion of this task. The task will be considered ‘completed’ when each team member has completed one book for this task, additional books will count towards a tie breaker if necessary. Help each other out by double checking posts are complete with the first edition Kindle page count!
There is no need to post a team completion in the Q&A thread, I will be checking all team threads at the conclusion of the challenge. 😊
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‼️ PLEASE TAKE NOTE! ‼️
With the challenge ending on Wednesday, June 8th, there will a minor change to the last task. Beginning on Monday, June 6th, when teams post their completions and get a new task, they will all get the same task. For this task, instead of just completing it, you will continue reading to add to the total number of books read for your team. There will be no passes for the last task and to complete it, every team member must complete a book for the task and contribute to the overall book count. So, the task is considered ‘completed’ when every team member has read one book for the task, but you can continue reading in order to increase your overall book count for the task in case that is needed for a tie breaker. In the event that two or more teams are tied based on the number of tasks completed, the team with the highest book count will win The Amazing Race Team Challenge!
**Remember if your completion posts are incomplete or have the wrong page count, your books will not count. So help each other out by checking the posts!**
‼️ If your page count comes from a Kindle edition published on the initial publication date on the editions page, it will count. If your page count comes from a Kindle edition labeled '1st edition', it will count. If your page count comes from the earliest dated English language Kindle edition, it will count. I am looking for one of those three things when confirming your books! As long the page count you list is correct, I will accept any link to the book. ‼️